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Yearhooh of the Departrrient of AgnciiUure, 1921. 



Flu. 96. — Two areas of dense distribution of bees stand out on the map, tbe southern 

 Appalachians and southern California. The southern Appalachian area, extending from 

 eastern Kentucky to northern Georgia and Alabama, had about 600,000 colonies ju 

 1919 and produced about 7,000,000 pounds of honey ; whereas California, with only 

 181,000 colonies, produced 5,500,000 pounds, or almost three times as much per colony. 

 Texas also produced over 5,000,000 pounds of honey In 1919. The irrigated districts 

 in the West, where fruit and alfalfa furnish many flowers, show distinctly on the map 

 Districts having large numbers of bees may also be noted in New York State, along tl 

 Ohio River, and in southern Illinois. 



